We’ve come a long way since Nike adidas originals by wings + horns campus tour 2016 adidas shark deep price today pakistan live score. Seemingly every brand has a super shoe and the runners who can contend for podium places. In fact, we scoped out the feet of the top runners at this year’s Boston Marathon and found that only two of the top 10 men were wearing the Swoosh. The women fared better, with four lacing up the new Vaporfly 3.

But the day belonged to Adidas: the top four men were all flashing three stripes, and three of the top 10 women wore the same Adios Pro 3 shoes. There were some other surprises among the adidas neo label cf advantage card reader program. Read on to find out who else got into the top placings this year.


adidas ladies shoes 2018 women wear black pants | Top Men at the 2023 Boston Marathon


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1st — Evans Chebet, 2:05:54

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2nd — Gabriel Geay, 2:06:04

Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 3 “pulse mint”

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3rd — Benson Kipruto, 2:06:06

Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 3 “pulse mint”

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4th — Albert Korir, 2:08:01

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5th — Zouhair Talbi, 2:08:35

Asics Metaspeed Sky+

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6th — Eliud Kipchoge, 2:09:23

Nike Alphafly 2

Nike told us “Eliud is wearing items from the upcoming Eliud Kipchoge Collection, coming this fall.” Until then, you’ll have to settle for the standard color of the shoe.

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7th — Scott Fauble, 2:09:44

Nike Alphafly 3 prototype

We’ve seen this shoe pop up in other races lately, including the Tokyo Marathon. And, although it’s a prototype, it’s likely the “development” shoe that’s on World Athletics’ list of approved shoes—under Manuals & Guidelines, “Dev 163” is approved until December 3, 2023. No information about the shoe’s availability has been provided yet so, for now, you’re stuck with the Alphafly 2.


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8th — Hassan Chahdi, 2:09:46

Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 3 “solar red”

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9 — John Korir, 2:10:04

Asics Metaspeed Sky+

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10 — Matthew McDonald, 2:10:17

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3rd American (11th) — Conner Mantz, 2:10:25

Nike Alphafly 2

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Top Women at the 2023 Boston Marathon


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1st — Hellen Obiri, 2:21:38

On CloudTri 1

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(I ran a few miles in Cloudboom on Sunday during Boston Marathon weekend during a shakeout jog with On, but it won’t be available until July.)


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Hellen Obiri (On) leads Amane Beriso (Adidas) heading into the final mile of the 2023 Boston Marathon.

2nd — Amane Beriso, 2:21:50

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3rd — Lonah Salpeter, 2:21:57

Nike Vaporfly 3

Salpeter rocketed to the finish on Boylston wearing Nike’s just-released top end racer. I recently reviewed that shoe at length.

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4th — Ababel Yeshaneh, 2:22:00

Nike Vaporfly 3

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5th — Emma Bates, 2:22:10

Asics Metaspeed prototype

adidas ladies shoes 2018 women wear black pants Metaspeed Sky+ we saw on other top finishers. But look more closely at the right shoe’s heel. See the light blue smudge on the foam? It looks like the “BOSTON 127” stamp we saw on other prototype shoes, perhaps identifying them as having been inspected and approved for use. The detailing of the sidewall also looks different from any of the other Metaspeed shoes Asics has previously released.

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Which model is it? We’ve reached out to Asics to see if they’ll share any more details, but the company has three “development” shoes approved by World Athletics.


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6th — Nazret Weldu, 2:23:25

Xtep 160X 2.0

adidas adiwear price today match score Xtep, a brand from China that we don’t see here in the U.S. The shoe has a blue stamp on the right heel, indicating it’s a development pair, but the 160X 2.0 has been available for purchase globally.


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7th — Angela Tanui, 2:24:12

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8th — Hiwot Gebremaryam, 2:24:30

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Aliphine Tuliamuk (Hoka) and Mary Ngugi (Nike) ran stride-for-stride at the 25th mile of the 2023 Boston Marathon.

9th — Mary Ngugi, 2:24:33

Nike Vaporfly 3

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2nd American (11th) — Aliphine Tuliamuk, 2:24:37

Hoka Rocket X 2

Second American woman, Aliphine wore Hoka’s just-released super shoe—the Rocket we’ve long been waiting for. Amanda Furrer reviewed the Rocket X 2 last month.

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10th — Gotytom Gebreslase, 2:24:34

Nike Vaporfly 3

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3rd American (14th) — Nell Rojas, 2:24:51

Nike Alphafly 3 prototype

Rojas was the third American woman across the finish line and, like Scott Fauble, she wore the AF3 prototype. Note the blue stamp.


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Nienke Brinkman, 2:24:58

Nike Vaporfly 3

This entry is a notable mention, just because it’s neat. Check out the design on the inside of Brinkman’s leading foot—that’s the logo used on Nike’s trail footwear. On the roads, she’s a member of the NN Running Team (with Eliud Kipchoge), but she’s also on the Nike Trail team. It’s a cool pair of custom kicks she wore to place 15th at this year’s Boston Marathon.

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Runner-in-Chief

Jeff is Runner-in-Chief for Runner’s World and the director of product testing. He has tested and reviewed running shoes, GPS watches, headphones, apparel, and more for nearly two decades. He regularly tests more than 100 pairs of shoes each year, and once had a 257-day streak running in different models. Jeff can usually be found on the roads, racing anything from the mile to a marathon, but he also enjoys racing up mountains and on snowshoes. When he’s not running, you’ll probably find him hanging from a ladder making repairs and renovations to his house (he’s also director of product testing for Popular Mechanics).